Iran Responds

Iran responds to French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner’s Sep. 16 comments in which he stated that the Iranian nuclear standoff forces the world “to prepare for the worst,” and said that in this case it “is war.”

“Six hundred Iranian Shihab-3 missiles are pointed at targets throughout Israel, and will be launched if either Iran or Syria are attacked, an Iranian website affiliated with the regime reported on Monday. Iran will shoot at Israel 600 missiles if it is attacked,” the Iranian news website, Assar Iran, reported. “600 missiles will only be the first reaction.” (Jerusalem Post)

“Iran’s acting oil minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari said his government will have to ‘reconsider’ a multi-billion-dollar liquefied natural gas agreement with Total SA because of differences over the price the French oil major would be paid for its gas.” (Forbes)